The Myth of Male Power: Why Men are the Disposable Sex

Dr. Warren Farrell has embarked upon an extraordinary mission that concerns us all - to bring the sexes back together. Backed by a stunning array of facts, The Myth of Male Power shatters the singular assumption that most keeps men and women apart - the belief that men have the power. This myth, says Dr. Farrell, hurts everyone - by making women feel oppressed and angry and men feel unloved and unappreciated. It has fueled hate between the sexes at a point in history that would otherwise have the greatest potential for love between the sexes. It has done this by keeping us ignorant of male powerlessness. This courageous book, filled with staggering facts gathered from numerous reliable sources, will empower both sexes to ask the questions we need to begin a genuine dialogue, such as: If men are the powerful sex why are they the suicide sex? (Why are we unaware that our grandfathers are 1350 percent more likely to commit suicide than our grandmothers?) Why did men live one year less than women in 1920 but live seven years less than women in 1990? Why are our dads about as likely to die of prostate cancer as our mothers are of breast cancer while breast cancer receives 660 percent more funding? Why do men make more money but have lower net worths? As the only man ever elected three times to the Board of the National Organization for Women (NOW) in New York City, Dr. Farrell has been listening to both sexes for a quarter of a century and is uniquely able to write in a way that both articulates men's feelings and helps women feel more love for the men in their lives. As a man who has taught in numerous disciplines, he takes us throughout history, across cultures, and into our psyches today.He helps us understand why feminism helped us see that God could be a she but not that the devil could also be a she; why the political parties are keeping women dependent in exchange for votes; why conservatives, liberals, and feminists are all unconsciously undermining genuine

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Página 37In 1975 , the largest nationwide probability sampling of households found that
when all child care , all housework , all work outside the home , commuting , and
gardening were added together , husbands did 53 percent of the total work , wives ...

Página 88Polygyny did not mean any man could have many wives — it meant a poor man
would be deprived of a wife so a woman ... Polygyny , then , was a system by
which the rich man , by having more than one wife , prevented a woman from
being ...

Página 337I WAS FALSELY ACCUSED AND CONVICTED OF RAPING MY WIFE after
having normal marital relations . Neither force nor coercion was used or ever
proved . Nor did personal injury occur . Her accusation was all that was needed
to convict ...

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Crítica de los usuarios - ex_ottoyuhr - LibraryThing

Having messed up the world by supporting the women's rights movement, what does Farrell propose doing to improve men's condition in it? Launching a men's rights movement! When all you have is a ...Leer comentario completo

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There were quite a few scenarios in the book for which I went 'wow.. never thought of it like that'. Dr Farrell's ability to back up his statements by providing actual numbers makes is even more ...Leer comentario completo